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ATRALIAN CRICKET STAR ELYSE VILLANI OPENS UP ABOUT WHAT BEG GAY MEANS FOR HER AS A PRO ATHLETE

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FOR most people, changg their Twter profile is not a signifint then there’s Atralian Women’s Cricket player Elyse Villani, who ma the cisn to add the le ‘Proud Gay Athlete’ to her social media didn’t gge the opn of all her iends and fay before htg the ed button. SIGN UP NOW >Elyse Villani hs out durg the World Cup match agast Getty ImagVillani has reprented Atralia 69 match all three formats of the game and is an unassumg and urageo role is one of very few openly gay athlet to reprent Atralia at a World Cup and at last year’s R Olympics there was only one openly gay Atralian athlete, Matilda Michelle n listen to the full terview on the Atralian Cricket Podst here or iTun.

Villani took some time out of her by World Cup Campaign to speak on the Atralian Cricket Podst and says she ma the cisn to e out publicly after beg on the sportg float at the 2015 Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras wh fellow Atralian Women’s cricketer Alex Blackwell.

THE GAY ATRALIAN CRICKET CHAMPNS AND TEAMMAT JT GOT MARRIED

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Blackwell, the Atralian Women’s Vice-pta, was the first openly gay Atralian cricketer to wear the baggy green and Villani has no regrets about the cisn to follow her footsteps. Villani celebrat the wicket of England's Natalie APHer cisn to e out publicly displayed the sort of gr and termatn that has seen her bounce back om an early reer axg to now feature at the top of Atralian Women’s how important is to be one of the few openly gay athlet to reprent Atralia at a World Cup? Gee Cecil Iv (1 October 1867 Germany – 4 June 1950) was an English poet, wrer, penal reformer and early homosexual law reform mpaigner.

Gay sportsmen. Atralia, as a untry, has ma signifint progrs terms of LGBTQ+ rights, and cricket has also seen a few gay players. Currently, there are no openly gay cricketers the Atralian natnal team.

However, a few former Atralian cricketers have e out as gay after retirg om the sport. One of the most notable exampl is Jason Gillpie, a former Atralian fast bowler, who me out as gay 2019. Another former Atralian cricketer, Alex Blackwell, who played for the natnal women’s team, me out as gay 2013 and spoke publicly about her experience as a gay cricketer.

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They have implemented polici and iativ to make cricket more clive and to support LGBTQ+ ncln, while there are currently no openly gay cricketers the Atralian natnal team, a few former cricketers have e out as gay after retirg om the sport. However, is important to note that there is still a lack of reprentatn of LGBTQ+ dividuals cricket, and further progrs needs to be ma to create a more clive and acceptg environment for all You Need to Know About Gay Cricketers AtraliaThere have been a few gay cricketers Atralia who have e out publicly after retirg om the sport.

Currently, there are no openly gay cricketers the Atralian natnal of the most notable exampl of a gay cricketer Atralia is Jason Gillpie, a former Atralian fast bowler.

He me out as gay 2019, and his g out was seen as a signifint moment the sport.

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Gillpie is nsired one of the greatt fast bowlers the history of Atralian cricket, and his revelatn helped to raise awarens and acceptance of gay cricketers the sport.

She me out as gay 2013 and spoke publicly about her experience as a gay cricketer. They have implemented polici and iativ to make cricket more clive and to support LGBTQ+ is worth notg that spe the progrs ma, there is still a lack of reprentatn of LGBTQ+ dividuals cricket and further progrs needs to be ma to create a more clive and acceptg environment for all ncln, while there are currently no openly gay cricketers the Atralian natnal team, a few former cricketers have e out as gay after retirg om the sport.

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2019{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"BREADCMBLIST","EMLISTELEMENT":[{"@TYPE":"LISTITEM","POSN":1,"EM":{"@ID":","NAME":"HOME"}},{"@TYPE":"LISTITEM","POSN":2,"EM":{"@ID":","NAME":"SPORTS"}},{"@TYPE":"LISTITEM","POSN":3,"EM":{"@ID":","NAME":"A GAY MAN’S RPONSE TO ATRALIAN CRICKETER JAM FLKNER ‘G OUT’"}}]}A GAY MAN’S RPONSE TO ATRALIAN CRICKETER JAM FLKNER ‘G OUT’

One dumb -joke and the next morng, you’ve e out as gay.

ATRALIAN CRICKET STAR ALEX BLACKWELL TO MARRY PARTNER GAY CEREMONY

In ntext, on a homophobia sle, ’s roughly 1.

Context went out the wdow and plenty of people (cludg media outlets) thought that Atralian cricket had s first gay men’s player.

Cricket is not exactly a popular sport among gay men.

ATRALIAN CRICKETER JAM FLKNER REVEALS HE IS GAY ON HIS 29TH BIRTHDAY

While I know lerally thoands of gay gby players, I only know about a handful of other gay men who even enjoy cricket, let alone play .

HEATH DAVIS BE FIRST MALE NEW ZEALAND CRICKETER TO E OUT AS GAY

In the history of the sport, the only openly gay player is Steven Davi, who plays unty cricket for Somerset. Somehow, the cyclil brouhaha of No Gay All Blacks, the fact there have been No Gay Black Caps eher never featur.

For me, most of those moments arrive wh the cricket season, whether ’s bee other LGBTQ+ folks don’t get , or bee I’m the first out gay man someone has met their entire cricketg reer. I was, of urse, h wh ser homophobia the ments. His joke not only remd me that I’m the only gay the village (cricket team) but that had provid a pot for vilent homophobia to sprg om.

The ia that his ‘date’ post was never meant to be taken at face value was tone-af as hell, though not que as tone af as the fans who me to his fence when actual gay actual people rightfully asked: “What the fuck? Perhaps we’d done such a good job of shieldg him om homophobia that he actually thought none me through, even though started up aga pretty quickly. As though we hadn’t jt wad through the swamp for at bt, a bad joke and at worst, for someone who beltled gay relatnships.

GAY CRICKET STAR MEGAN SCHUTT SLAMS ‘FURIATG’ MYTH

So, my ever-hopeful ltle gay heart got trampled on a b, but will survive. I do feel for the gay cricketers who are out there (though not actually out there) bee they got to see a b of what was for them if they do ci to open the closet door.

Her willgns to speak out on issu such as homophobia sport, has earned her wispread rpect among her teammat, Cricket Atralia and the muny.

SPORTHEATH DAVIS BE FIRST CURRENT OR FORMER NEW ZEALAND MEN'S CRICKETER TO E OUT AS GAY

Sends a very dangero msage to young gay people g to grips wh their own sexualy at a difficult time of their liv.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY PLAYERS IN AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM

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